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Case Description
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On July 4, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Kansas City police responded to a shooting near East 69th Street and Brooklyn Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered 32-year-old Cortez Jawan Caples unresponsive on the sidewalk in front of a residence. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Preliminary investigations suggest that Caples was involved in an interaction with one or more unknown individuals, which escalated into gunfire. As of now, authorities have not reported any arrests or ...Read More
Preliminary investigations suggest that Caples was involved in an interaction with one or more unknown individuals, which escalated into gunfire. As of now, authorities have not reported any arrests or ...Read More
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Cortez Jawan Caples
Male
Black / African American
Kansas-city
MO
2024-07-04
32
Cortez
Jawan Caples
11/12/2025
Forum Posts (3)
I’ve been following the recent case of Cortez Jawan Caples, and it’s just so difficult to wrap m... ...Read More
12/23/2024
12/23/2024
I've been following the case of Cortez Jawan Caples since it happened, and my heart goes out to his ... ...Read More
11/30/2024
11/30/2024
Hi all,
I'm deeply saddened by reading about the circumstances of the shooting that took the lif... ...Read More
08/07/2024
I'm deeply saddened by reading about the circumstances of the shooting that took the lif... ...Read More
08/07/2024
